if he asks you for a specimen, he gives you an empty perrier bottle. [ laughter ] no, he's a good doctor. for example, if he gives you the stress test to check your heart, he doesn't give you a treadmill. he just tells you you have a week to live. and that shows that you have stress. [ laughter ] where did i go wrong? [ laughter ] we have an interesting show tonight. we have a gentleman tonight-- i'm sure that most of you-- i guess, american public generally came to know him during the carter administration-- hodding carter iii, who is the spokesman for the government. very interesting man-- he's going to be here. did you know that he left the carter administration and he signed with nbc? yeah. that's like swimming from thean to the andrea doria. [ laughter ] [ applause ] did you know that nbc also signed henry kissinger? and gerald ford are under contract? you haven't seen them too much on nbc. but nbc has some big plans for them. i understand that as soon as they signed alexander haig-- they're going to have a sitcom version of "dr. strangelove." now, here's the unusual news item of th

out of his kitchens came such figures as alain chappelle, francois biese, george perrier, the brothersas all the gang of the nouvelle cuisine. the '60s in new york. and paul and michel gerard. >> every great chef i have ever met has nightmares of they're still a young man, they're back in a kitchen and a chef is yelling at them. who of his masters? >> the woman. >> la mer brazier at the ripe old age of 20, monsieur paul worked as an apprentice for brazier. >> she was such a screamer. he say you would fall on your ass she was screaming so hard. she was the first up in the morning and the last one to go to bed. she would go to the market with three cook in the back of the truck and she would put the case of green beans or something and the cook will be sitting down making the beans, not to waste time. >> truly a terrifying figure. >> truffle soup elysee. i can't tell you how many hours i stared at photos of this dish, how pathetically i tried to replicate it. never, ever did i think i'd get to try it, much less like this. sea bass with a tomato bernaise sauce baked in a meticulously craf

joining us by phone is yves perrier. thank you for joining us from milan.t is it to be a big asset manager? yves: excuse me, the sound was not good. can you repeat your question? francine: how important is it for an asset manager? is -- he noise francine: can you hear me now? we will get back to you? yves: not very good. try and fix will the audio for you. that was yves perrier who just announce this big deal in the markets that they would be buying unicredit pioneer. we do have questions for him if we can get him back on the line. how many job cuts and whether bigger is better? tom: there are two backstory's here. legacy of -- and many years of valued investing. tome, the real backstory talk to gary shilling about is the future of the mutual fund business. gary shilling is with us along with christopher whalen. and opened and investment -- is the concept of a mutual fund basically dead? in other etf's do well investment vehicles? a fair question. it was interesting seeing mr. bruegel criticizing the sector which is growing. because the structure is so comp

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